From owner-freebsd-java Mon Sep 4 8:17:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.246.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A254837B43C for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 08:17:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id AAA04278; Tue, 5 Sep 2000 00:47:33 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis) Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 00:47:33 +0930 From: Greg Lewis To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'FreeBSD Java mailing list'" Subject: Re: Unified BSD/JDK port mailing list? Message-ID: <20000905004733.A4255@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7820@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7820@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 01:34:37PM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Sep 04, 2000 at 01:34:37PM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > > Good idea. I'm happy to do patchsets for the other BSDs > > through my site if people would like. That provides something which > > has already jumped through SCSL compliancy hoops. Alternatively I'm > > happy to give whatever parts of the site people want to them. > > > Can I take you up on that offer? I'd like to see our sites merge, in one > form or another. I've also had some offers for mirroring and content editing > from others. It would be nice to combine the enthousiasm in some form or > another. Sure, I have no problem with that. > > No objection. Politically it might make NetBSD and OpenBSD > > people feel uncomfortable though. > > > Agreed. I thought of this before, but I decided that it would be a neat > little test to see how the FreeBSD camp regards offering other BSD's a peek > into their kitchen. Sorry about that, guys. I could not resist. > > What I find extremely encouraging is that I have had not a single objection > or even "it's not going to work"--message. Amazing, I'm stunned. %-) There > must be genuine interest in the unified Java port. It makes a great deal of sense, as long as there are people who are prepared to do the relevant work. > > In terms of the mailing list (and I'm happy to be the one to do this > > if its thought to be a good idea) I'd like to suggest > > approaching Daemon News to see if they are interested in hosting > > special purpose unified BSD mailing lists such as this. Comments? > > > I'm trying to contact Chis Coleman on this one. > http://www.openpackages.org/java seems the perfect place to host both our > web sites, don't you think? And how would java@openpackages.org sound? Just had a look at the web site. Seems sensible. -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message